Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance
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The Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance is an annual festival held the second-to-last weekend of July in Trumansburg, New York, a small town ten miles north of Ithaca. The GrassRoots Festival, or simply GrassRoots, as it is known, draws nearly 15,000 visitors throughout the course of four days. GrassRoots presents over 70 musicians, bands and dance troupes on four simultaneously-running stages continually throughout the long weekend. Genres represented among the musicians include bluegrass, Cajun, zydeco, African, reggae, country, Americana, Native American music, old-time music, Irish music, jam band, rock and roll, hip hop, Conjunto, rockabilly and more.
GrassRoots was founded by popular Americana band Donna the Buffalo and celebrated its fifteenth year in 2005. Artists that have performed at GrassRoots include:
- Ani DiFranco
- 10,000 Maniacs
- Patty Loveless
- John Anderson
- Rickie Lee Jones
- Los Lobos
- Jennie Stearns
- Rusted Root
- Old Crow Medicine Show
- Michael Franti & Spearhead
- Highwoods Stringband
- Bubba George
- NRBQ
- Johnny Dowd
- Neon Baptist
- John Specker
- Lloyd Cannady & The Flying Clouds
- Solas
- Altan
- Cherish the Ladies
- Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
- Ralph Stanley
- Del McCoury
- The Mahotella Queens
- Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited
- Boubacar Traore
- Tinariwen
- Mamadou Diabate
- Samite of Uganda
- Justin Hinds and the Dominoes
- Jim Lauderdale
- Toots and the Maytals
- Snake Oil Medicine Show
- Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band
- Keith Secola
- Red Stick Ramblers
- Big Leg Emma
- Colorblind James Experience
In addition to the musical performances at GrassRoots, attendees may also visit the Art Barn, an art gallery featuring primarily local artists; a Healing Arts area, where free massages, Reiki, acupuncture, and other healing therapies are performed; a children's area; dance workshops and more.
[edit] See also
- List of music festivals
- World Music
- Folk Music
